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Ubuntu: (CVE-2024-3094): xz-utils: Embedded Malicious Code

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Ubuntu: (CVE-2024-3094): xz-utils: Embedded Malicious Code

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/29/2024
Created
04/02/2024
Added
04/01/2024
Modified
04/02/2024

Description

Malicious code was discovered in the upstream tarballs of xz, starting with version 5.6.0. Through a series of complex obfuscations, the liblzma build process extracts a prebuilt object file from a disguised test file existing in the source code, which is then used to modify specific functions in the liblzma code. This results in a modified liblzma library that can be used by any software linked against this library, intercepting and modifying the data interaction with this library.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-xz-utils

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